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A Department of Health media handling plan was circulated regarding the Government's response to the Archer Inquiry.

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A further submission to the Minister of State for Public Health was circulated requesting approval for a written ministerial statement on Lord Archer's report into contaminated blood and blood products.

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A written ministerial statement was published along with the Government's formal report in response to the Archer Inquiry.

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Chris James, chief executive of the Haemophilia Society, issued a press release fiercely criticising the response to the Archer Inquiry.

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Lord Archer responded to the Government's response to and report regarding the Archer Inquiry in a letter to Dawn Primarolo.

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Dr Rowena Jecock and her team provided a briefing on "Government response to Lord Archer - next steps". This noted that the reaction to the package announced in response to the Archer report had been "limited, but negative."

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Dr Jecock's briefing also included projected costs of making annual payments to Skipton Fund claimants in a variety of ways.

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Dr Rowena Jecock stated in a submission that "In Ireland also, the State did not explicitly admit liability" but that a judicial inquiry, the Finlay Inquiry, had concluded that "wrongful acts were committed" in respect of failure to prevent Hepatitis C infections.

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A new minister brief on Lord Archer's report had been prepared following a cabinet reshuffle which had highlighted concerns from ministers regarding the reviews of the different schemes.

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Baroness Merron in her written statement to the Infected Blood Inquiry could not recall the briefing report on the Archer Inquiry but had confirmed that she would have received it.

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Chris James of the Haemophilia Society wrote to Andy Burnham in which he had requested an urgent meeting with him regarding the Archer report.

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Dr Jecock briefed Gillian Merron and advised her on information that had been sought by her predecessor in regards to the Skipton Fund.

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Morven Smith had emailed Gillian Merron about the ministers desire to stick to the government line and close down the issue in respect of patients and families who had suffered.

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Dr Jecock highlighted two recommendations of Lord Archer in a briefing to Andy Burnham regarding financial relief for those surviving spouses of partners who died from Hepatitis C before the Skipton Fund had been established.

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In his oral evidence Andy Burnham stated that he felt the starting point should have been about the people and what they needed and that he did not consider that the Government had made a positive response and that there had been defensiveness and stonewalling.

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Andy Burnham was invited to meet Lord Morris and Lord Archer to discuss the response to Lord Archer's report.

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During topical questions, Gillian Merron noted a comparison between the NHS and Ireland. Gillian Merron had said that a comparison could not be made as the NHS had not been found to be at fault but the Irish Blood Transfusion Service had been.

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Mark Noterman attached a speech and briefing pack for the 1 July Westminster Hall debate in an email to Morven Smith.

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Morven Smith requested a briefing pack for the 1 July Westminster Hall debate from Dr Rowena Jecock which was to include, amongst other things, a summary of the debate issues.

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A briefing pack provided for the Minister included a statement that "Payments made by the Republic of Ireland are a matter for them and were introduced following a judicial inquiry, which found failures of responsibility by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service. The situation in the UK was different, and Lord Archer has not apportioned blame."

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